{"id":643773,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643773/?format=json","text_counter":85,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) Kiptui","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":499,"legal_name":"Grace Jemutai Kiptui","slug":"grace-jemutai-kiptui"},"content":"do anything. The Senators have not been given money to visit the counties and see what is happening. I am glad that now that we have given them some money, they will be able to have extra oversight. The county assemblies have not been able to oversee the executive arm of the county governments. We hope that the Senators will now control that to some extent. I am happy about the leasing of the health equipment. In the past, people used to travel very long distances in search of equipment like scanning machines. In Baringo, you will find people headed to Eldoret or Nakuru to look for simple procedures like scanning machines. We are glad now that the Government of Kenya has leased equipment that will screen cancer and do dialysis. They will assist a lot. Right now we find many people suffering from sugar-related diseases. On the issue of dialysis, it is better when machines are closer to the wananchi . In our county the machines are in Kabarnet Referral Hospital and in Eldama Ravine. This is very good because it reduces travelling expenses. When people are sick, like when they have sugar-related issues, ferrying them up and down or travelling long distances from home for dialysis makes them suffer because after the procedure they get very exhausted."}